Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · SC · GEOID 450512024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Horry County, South Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.1 min one way; 11.0% worked from home, 76.9% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.1 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone76.9%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in Horry County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Horry County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.9%; 0.5% used public transit and 11.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 162,549 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Horry County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 43th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Horry County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 162,549 workers age 16+, including 144,632 workers with reported travel time and 17,917 home workers.
Population estimate383,016± — MOE
Workers age 16+162,549± 2,342 MOE
Workers with travel time144,632± 2,685 MOE
Estimated home workers17,917± 1,307 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All South Carolina reports →Comparable South Carolina commute records for Horry County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.